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Who We Are

American Baptist Churches of the Great Rivers Region is a resource for challenging, empowering, assisting and representing the American Baptist faith communities in Illinois (excluding Cook, DuPage and Lake counties) and Missouri as we live out our ministry together. Mission and Ministry is our purpose and nature.

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News of Ministry & Mission

A Brief Word from Our Executive Ministry Team

A word from Associate Executive Minister, Rev. Dr. Rob Kirbach

July 2025 You could fill a library with the books that have been written about congregational health and church revitalization. Frustrated pastors and weary church leaders eagerly, sometimes desperately, consume this genre of literature, frantically hoping to discover the magic bullet that will turn their church around.  Over lunch recently

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Missionary News

GRR Means Mission Our vision is healthy churches engaged in effective Christian ministry locally and globally. We urge churches to connect with global mission efforts in ways consistent with their passion. The easiest way to support all American Baptist mission work is to contribute to United Mission. 65% of UM

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Scholarship information for 2025-2026 will be posted in January 2025.